The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-03-31
Travel in every direction is looking up

1FaVel III every ulreCtIOn - 4OOAAAS 1P
daily.
Misses Rumbough Of Warm Springs
are in the city.
Mr. ]. A. Collins, of jackson, was in
the city yesterday:
See change in the advertisement Of
Doubleday & Scott.
Tomorrow will be "April fool' day.
Keep Your eyes opsn.
Mr.. Jno. Gray Bynum, of Morganton,
arrived in town last night.
This is the last week of the present
term of Buncombe Superior Court.
Transylvania Court convenes next
Monday. The CITIZEN will have rep
resentative present.
The monthly meeting of the w G. T.
q. win be held in the Methodist church
this evening at o'clock.
Mr. J, w. BaIleW ofthis city was mar
ried on the Path inst. to Miss Indiana
Riddle, of ancey county
Yesterday was not pleasant day. /.
threatening snow during the morning.
But the sun finally came off victor.
Twelve new dwellings were begun on
Bailey street yesterdas. Other streets
in proportion. Thus Asheyille booms.
It is understood that the removal of
The Post-O Office to the Eagle Hotel bull
ding will take place about the middle of
April.
The Thespian Club is getting in splen-
did trim for their performance on the
1lth. They will of course have crowd
ed house.
A few peaches, with Southern expo
sure, we're not dead Yesterday. They
cannot survive the continued cold wea-
ther, however.
So far as laid, the new side walk is
eminently satisfactory. 1t is smooth
sailing. ne running into the breakers, no
laundering on the rocks.
According to advertisement elsewhere,
the opening of Capt. Atkinson's fish
pond has been postponed until the 7th
April. The cold weather rendered this
necessary.
Rev. J. F. Austin, pastor of the Weav-
erVille Circuit, is now in the city and will
assist in a series of meetings at the Old
Depot. Mr.. Austin will preach to-
night The public generally invi-
ted to attend.
The funeral Of the young son of Mr..
R. R. Porter yesterday morning was
attended by large circle of friends. The
bereaved parents have our warmest SYM
pathy in their loss of SO bright and
promising boy.
Our friend Senator Fox was in the city
yesterday. An honest man, a faithful
representative of his pledges, he COM
mands, as he is worthy of, the highest
respect of our people. But for his poll
tics, we would have nothing against him.
Mr.. w. H. Hargrove has returned from
his winter sojourn in Augusta, Ga Mr.
HargrOye has built up an important
business in the apple trade, obtaiGing
his supplies of fruit from Haywood coun.
ty, which are now forwarded all the way
by railroad.
Maj John w. Latta, of Durham, died
- ~" OoJ0 "SO AAOAA P5LolySA6 WAtCu
attacked him in one of the stores in that
place. He will be remembered by many
as q member of the House of Repr esenta-
tives from Orange county before Dur
ham was cut off from it.
The Bulls" and "Bears" in town had
quite time yesterday during the preva-
lence of the rumor that Jay Gould was in
town. Had tie excitement lasted much
longer there would doubtless have been
several brokers smashed in the Wall
street section of Hell's Half Acre.
Genl Ripley, so we'll known as an old
army officer in Mexico and for his work
in the defense of Charleston, died in
New York Yesterday. His family are in
Asheyille and have the deep sympathy
of our people. Gen'l Ripley had host
of warm friends who will sadly feel his
death.
The unexpected arrival ofa very decent
looking palace car" the comfortable
quarters of the perigrinating sub-super
intendent of some shortcut railroad
which "plays good hand" in the freight
pool arrangement, gave rise to very
lively rumor yesterday that "Jay Gould
had arrived" Jay Gould might have
reached Asheville unannounc2d and,
almost unknown, but, one of these short
cut-sub rintendents-never.